Ridgeview Academic Challenge competed at Sectionals today at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Congratulations to Trey for placing Third in Chemistry, and James for placing Third in Physics! Both boys will advance to state and compete in April!
Ridgeview is hiring! Visit our District Vacancies page for more information and submit your application today!
https://www.ridgeview19.org/o/ridgeview-cusd-19/page/district-vacancies
Hello Ridgeview Families,
Next week the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Ridgeview student’s will be starting our annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) testing and the 8th graders also are taking the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) test. All students will need the following things:
- Headphones
- Charged Chromebook
- Great night's sleep
- Positive can-do attitude!
The testing sessions will go as follows:
- Monday, March 17th (8th ONLY = Science Test 1)
- Tuesday, March 18th (6th, 7th, & 8th = Math Test 1 & ELA Test 1)
- Wednesday, March 19th (6, 7, & 8 = Math Test 2 & ELA Test 2)
- Thursday, March 20th (6, 7, & 8 = Math Test 3 / 8th ONLY = Science Test 2)
- Friday, March 21st (8th ONLY = Science Test 3)
The math tests are 60-minutes each, the ELA tests are 90-minutes each, and the science tests are 60-minutes each.
Let’s Do This Ridgeview!!!
The annual Ridgeview Blood Drive is tomorrow - Tuesday, March 11th - there are still openings available - use the QR code to schedule a time to donate and help save lives!
Great weekend for the Ridgeview-Lexington wrestler's at the IESA State Tournament. Sawyer Manning finishes 6th & Ashtyn Copley finishes 4th! Congrats on a great season to both of these young men!
Congratulations to Mrs. McCoy for being awarded the Empowering Education Grant of $500 from Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative. Mrs. McCoy is using the money to support the book club, Overbooked!
Best of luck to the Ridgeview-Lexington wrestlers and Coaches today at the IESA State Tournament!
Another reminder about the Ridgeview Blood drive on Tuesday March 11th! It is from 11-5pm in the HS gym!!! The blood drive is in honor of Daviney!! We are in need of more donors to sign up! All donors the month of March receive a 10 dollar Amazon gift card to their email!!! By donating you are also helping a senior earn a scholarship!! Questions- see Mrs. Schultz or Mr. Riggins
Adapted PE is practicing their bowling skills today! The kids had so much fun knocking the pins down.
Mrs. Moreland's Math and Life Skills classes had fun learning about the history of pretzels and making some to eat too!
We have multiple paraprofessional positions available at the Jr/Sr High School for the 2025-2026 school year available. Contact Mr. Brandon Burke if you are interested.
Trooper Bufford from the Illinois State Police came and talked to Mrs. Schultz's Driver Education classes today. She covered traffic laws, school bus violations, texting and driving, drinking and driving, how to conduct yourself at a traffic stop, seatbelt importance, Scott's law, and so much more!
Lisa Maynard from the OSF Thinkfirst program came and talked to Mrs. Schultz's HS Health education classes about brain and spinal cord injuries and seatbelt safety! Her presentation is impactful and important for all students to hear!!!
Ridgeview Baseball Camp is Saturday, April 12th - this event is being put on by the High School Baseball Team and they want everyone from Kindergarten thru 5th grade to come and learn more about baseball. Registration is just $20 which includes a camp t-shirt if you are registered by March 31st. Flyers are being sent home with all Ridgeview Elementary students.
Round 2! Junior class fundraiser! Pre-orders and payment are due by Friday, March 7. All junior high and high school student can purchase for delivery at lunch March 14. https://forms.gle/HposwgDSJUVCgPey8
The Ridgeview Annual Blood Drive is 1 week away!!!
March 11th in the HS gym from 11am to 5pm.
We are still in need of appointments!!! Help us save lives!!!
Congratulations to our Students and Teacher of the Month. Keep up the great work! JH Student of the Month-Blake Harris HS Student of the Month-Gage Carroll Teacher of the Month-Mr. Jake Kennedy
This week, the Building Trades class gives a huge "THANK YOU" to Getty Landscaping who donated funds so that our class could purchase some new tools to help with our project at the Legion! Today, the class measured, cut, and nailed an entire wall on their own! Big progress!
Congrats to these two individuals on qualifying for the IESA State Wrestling Tournament next weekend in DeKalb. Best of luck to Ashtyn and Sawyer!
